Monday December 31, 2007
The song for today is, of course, “What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?” You can hear Johnny Mathis singing it at that link, but I prefer Ella Fitzgerald, myself. It has been recorded by lots and lots of people, […]
Sunday December 30, 2007
I looked back at my xanga for previous years, and saw that I had been posting a list of all my Finished Objects for the year on this day. Since my post this morning was awfully boring, I devided to […]
Finished Sweater
I am expecting to hear a sermon this morning with some reference to the New Year. A lot of preachers mention it, after all. But the New Year isn’t part of the liturgical year at all. In fact, the liturgical […]
Saturday December 29, 2007
I have some dog pictures for you. First, here are the three dogs. They are all good friends now. They are teaching each other their favorite games. We are all having a long weekend — we are all off till […]
Friday December 28, 2007
Lest you think there has been no creativity chez fibermom lately, I have some pictures for you. First, the highly decorated Possum Pie that we took to my parents’ place on Christmas Day. You make a crust of 1 cup […]
Thursday December 27, 2007
At this time of year, you often see articles about the children of divorce. It is a hard time of year for them. We have no children of divorce here, but we do have to cope with #1 daughter’s divorce. […]
Wednesday December 26, 2007
Happy Boxing Day! It is the Feast of Stephen today, so I think we have no choice but to have “Good King Wenceslas” by John Mason Neale for the song of the day. Here you will find not only the lyrics, but […]
Tuesday December 25, 2007
I have gotten about six inches into the second sleeve, and am up early not just for Santa duties, but also in a probably vain hope of finishing the sweater so that #2 son can wear it to his […]
Monday December 24, 2007
This is as much as I got done on the first sleeve last night. It doesn’t look so good for finishing the sweater today, does it? However, I spent the morning in church and most of the afternoon making eggnog […]
Sunday December 23, 2007
At the store yesterday, I spent much of the time commiserating with people who had ordered things which were not in fact going to arrive in time for Christmas. You do not, in these cases, want to be lacking in […]